Comparative assessment of two distributed watershed models with application to a small watershed

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2285-2307

  Kalin, Latif ^a   Hantush, Mohamed H ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed model; GSSHA; KINEROS 2; Runoff; Sediment; Watershed

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

DISTRIBUTED MODEL; GRIDDED SURFACE SUBSURFACE HYDROLOGIC ANALYSIS (GSSHA) MODEL; KINEMATIC RUNOFF AND EROSION (KINEROS-2) MODEL;

WATERSHEDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATERSHEDS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; WATERSHED;

EID: 33745923196     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6063     Document Type: Article

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